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Bob Estes - 30 Jun 2008 10:38 GMT

I had a problem, and I had to reinstall Window XP Pro. Is there any way to
get the other installed programs to work without reinstalling all of them? I
have the data files backed up but not the programs.

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p - 30 Jun 2008 10:41 GMT

> I had a problem, and I had to reinstall Window XP Pro. Is there any way to
> get the other installed programs to work without reinstalling all of them? I
> have the data files backed up but not the programs.

No, you'll have to reinstall them all.

P

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DL - 30 Jun 2008 11:04 GMT

Depends what you mean by reinstall
ie did you clean install, by deleting partitions etc
or did you install a new instance of winxp
or did you repair install
If you did the latter all your apps should still function, however is you
used either of the first two all programs need reinstalling, and if you
installed a new instance of winxp you would need to clean up your PC to
remove the eronious installation.
And you cannot backup programs as you would backup data

>I had a problem, and I had to reinstall Window XP Pro. Is there any way to
> get the other installed programs to work without reinstalling all of them?
> I
> have the data files backed up but not the programs.

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Bob Estes - 30 Jun 2008 11:26 GMT

> Depends what you mean by reinstall
> ie did you clean install, by deleting partitions etc
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> > I
> > have the data files backed up but not the programs.

I did a clean install over the existing version, just as I would if I was
installing a newer version.

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p - 30 Jun 2008 11:46 GMT

>> Depends what you mean by reinstall
>> ie did you clean install, by deleting partitions etc
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> I did a clean install over the existing version, just as I would if I was
> installing a newer version.

Which means you will have to reinstall all your programs. I would
recommend that you do it in this order:

1. All applications that are not anti virus or anti malware.
2. Anti virus and anti malware apps.
3. Devices like your printer, scanner and camera.

Have fun.

P

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Bob Estes - 30 Jun 2008 22:34 GMT

> >> Depends what you mean by reinstall
> >> ie did you clean install, by deleting partitions etc
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>
> P

I was afraid of that. Thanks for the info.

Bob

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